The Portland daily press., 1887-10-03
GENERAL NEWS.

j. J: Cox, of Bedford, N. Y, has taken
College.
The Patron-Jay Eye See race, announced
for Saturday at Chicago, was postponed un-
til October 10Th.
Dwight L: Moody began two weeks
series OF revival services at Montreal yester-
day.
Great excitement exists in Bellevue, o.. ON
account of the failure of the Bellevue Bank,
one OF the strongest institutions in Huron
county.
Three deaths from cholera were reported
Saturday at New York. There are now thir-
teen cases on Swinburne Island, and all are
getting along favorably.
The Massachusetts Reform Club. at a
meeting in Boston Saturday, passed resolu-
tions endorsing President Cleveland's civil
service policy.
The Irving Hall subcommittee of "a de-
cIded Friday night to advise supporting the
New YORK State Democratic ticket, but OPP
posing the county ticket.
The counsel of Sarah Althea Hill are re-
yiving memories of the great Sharon-Hil
scandal OF San Francisco by charging that
Sharon tried to bribe Judge.
Early yesterday morning the dead body of
Mrs Frances Hawkins, a wealthy widow Of
hunters Point. L. L., was found in the
murdered and robbed.
Lorenzo Bohn, railroad employe at North
Adams, Mass, fell between the cars Satur-
day. Three pairs of freight trucks passed
directiy over his body, mutilating it hOrri-
ply and cutting off all the limbs and head.
A single highwayman stopped stage Fri
It's eight passengers of about $1,000 An hour
later he robbed another stage bound in the
opposite direction. at the same place.
Michael Davitt. the Irish leader, arrived
in New York, Saturday. He did not want
to be interviewed, and will spend his time
here very quietly, giving no lectures and at
tending no meetings.
A collision occurred on the Walnut Hills
cable road, in Cincinnati, last night. caused
by strand Of cable breaking and winding
It around the grip of the car. Two persons
were hurt, probably fatally, and 80 or 40
were bruised.
Two Indians have been arrested at Lesser
Slave Lake, Northwest Territory, for shoot
ing an old squaw that had gone mad and de-
yeloPed murderous tendencies and cannibal-
ism. She was killed by the two men in
compliance with Indian superstition.
Saturday the house of Nish Vitidage, at
Tower, Minn., was burned. Two little chill
dren were burned TO death. and Vitidage
has since died from his injuries. The father
threw one of the children back into the fire
after 1t had been rescued. He was insane
from the time Of the fire until his death.
The Volunteer-Thistle race was the cause
of quarrel Friday night, between Frank
Runey and Alfred Jones in New York.
which resulted in Runey shooting Jones,
probably fatally Jones Is fireman on the
Cunard steamer Umbria, and Runey, al
though he spells his name differently, claims
to be brother OF Pat Rooney, the comedian.
Three men and two boys were suffocated.
and thirteen others overcome, with gas Sat
urday, in the Bast colliery, near Ashland
Pa. Pillars in the west mammoth gangway
gave way, bringing with ii a large amount Of
gas which suffocated the workmen and rem
dered escape impossible. IL is feared the
other thirteen will die
j. II. McGhindley Is under arrest at Cleve-
land, o., charged with drawing pensions In
the names 0fsa large number of widows, who
are found on investigation to have died long
ago. McGhindley is an export forger and is
known by several aliases. 1t is estimated
that he has swindled the government out of
500, 900 during the past eighteen years.
The New. Orleans Times-Democrat Brook
Haven, Miss, special says: "a report
reached here today Of serious trouble brew
ing between negroes and whites, about 20
miles southeast of this place, near the line
Of Pike and Lawrence counties. About 800
men OF each color are under arms, and a
collision Is feared. Several white men left
here today for the scene of the trouble.
Samuel johnson, treasurer of the Hamil-
ton Powder Company Of Montreal, who de-
faulted few days ago, and who was ar
rested at Ogdensburg. N. Y, while being
brought back on Saturday night managed
to elude the officers a few miles from Mon
treal. Sunday morning his dead body was
found with bullet hole behind his ear. and
discharged pistol by his side. 1t is thought
family Affections caused both the defaica-
tions and suicide.
The telegraph operators in the various
Philadelphia offices are excited over the en-
gagement OF number of operators In New
York by the Mitkiewicz-Ba Chinese tel
egraph and telephone syndicate. f. Bar
berie, an old operator. who recently returned
from Mitkiewicz and the Chinese legation,
and who Is hiring the men, is expected in
ators are anxlOusly awaiting his arrival. The
syndicate, 1t Is said, Is offering $500 per
month and free passage to China for good
operators.